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Lithuania 1996 parliamentary election

Final results from ParlGov, read : Homeland Union won 70 of 141 seats with 31.3% of the vote; 52.9% of registered voters cast a ballot, down 22.3 points on 1992.

Result

Seats and votes by party

PartySeats± seats%± pointsVotes
Homeland Union70+4031.3+10.2409,585
Lithuanian Christian Democrats16−210.4−2.2136,259
Democratic Labour Party of Lithuania12−6110.0−34.0130,837
Lithuanian Centre Union13+118.7+6.2113,333
Social Democratic Party of Lithuania12+46.9+0.990,756
Young Lithuania104.0+0.552,423
New Democracy Party13.950,494
Christian Democratic Union13.242,346
Electoral Action of Poles in Lithuania – Christian Families Alliance1−33.1+1.040,941
Alliance of the Lithuanian National Minorities02.533,389
Lithuanian Democratic Partywith Lithuanian Nationalist Union32.228,744
Liberal and Centre Union11.925,279
The other parties and groups
PartySeats± seats%± pointsVotes
Lithuanian Peasants Party11.822,826
Lithuanian Russian Union01.722,395
Lithuanian Union of Political Prisoners and Deportees11.620,580
Lithuanian Liberty Union001.6+0.120,511
Lithuanian Party of Economy01.316,475
Independents4+3
Other parties (seats only)4

± is the change against the Lithuania 1992 parliamentary election, party by party.

Votes by party
  • Homeland Union 409,585
  • Lithuanian Christian Democrats 136,259
  • Democratic Labour Party of Lithuania 130,837
  • Lithuanian Centre Union 113,333
  • Social Democratic Party of Lithuania 90,756
  • Young Lithuania 52,423
  • New Democracy Party 50,494
  • Christian Democratic Union 42,346
  • Electoral Action of Poles in Lithuania – Christian Families Alliance 40,941
  • Alliance of the Lithuanian National Minorities 33,389
  • Lithuanian Democratic Party 28,744
  • Liberal and Centre Union 25,279
  • Lithuanian Peasants Party 22,826
  • Lithuanian Russian Union 22,395
  • Lithuanian Union of Political Prisoners and Deportees 20,580
  • Lithuanian Liberty Union 20,511
  • Lithuanian Party of Economy 16,475
  • Independents
  • Other parties (seats only)

ParlGov lists parties with at least 1 percent of the vote or 2 seats, so the rows do not add up to the valid votes. How we read it.

ParlGov counts an alliance's votes and seats under its first party: such a row names the allies it counts.

Share of the vote

Turnout

52.9% of the 2,597,530 registered voters cast a ballot (1,374,673 ballots), down 22.3 points on 1992. 1,306,922 of them were valid votes. How turnout is counted.

Votes and seats

  • Homeland Union31.3% of votes49.6% of seats
  • Lithuanian Christian Democrats10.4% of votes11.3% of seats
  • Lithuanian Centre Union8.7% of votes9.2% of seats
  • Democratic Labour Party of Lithuania10.0% of votes8.5% of seats
  • Social Democratic Party of Lithuania6.9% of votes8.5% of seats
  • Lithuanian Democratic Party2.2% of votes2.1% of seats
  • Young Lithuania4.0% of votes0.7% of seats
  • New Democracy Party3.9% of votes0.7% of seats
  • Christian Democratic Union3.2% of votes0.7% of seats
  • Electoral Action of Poles in Lithuania – Christian Families Alliance3.1% of votes0.7% of seats
  • Liberal and Centre Union1.9% of votes0.7% of seats
  • Lithuanian Peasants Party1.8% of votes0.7% of seats
Each party's share of the vote (outlined) and of the seats (filled)

The Gallagher index of disproportionality is 14.3 (0 when seats follow votes exactly); the effective number of parties is 7.2 by votes and 3.5 by seats; Homeland Union led Lithuanian Christian Democrats by 20.9 points of the vote. How these are computed.

Sources and licence

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